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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
fat soluble vitamins
hemorrhage
2. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
can consume more calories without weight gain
vitamin C - citrus fruits
3. What is RDA of protein?
can consume more calories without weight gain
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
4. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
protein
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
transferrin
one week period
5. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
dairy and fortified foods
starches - sugars - and cellulose
one tspn salt or less
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
6. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
review of systems
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
2.5 cups
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
7. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
antioxidant - immune function
2 cups
fats
carrots and sweet potatoes
8. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
day week or month
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
9. The higher the BMR a client has --
low albumin levels < 3.4
fats
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
can consume more calories without weight gain
10. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
18-25
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
one tspn salt or less
fat soluble vitamins
11. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
dark green - orange - drybeans
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
3 cups
fats
12. When does BMR increase?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
milk - enriched grains
decrease in total lymphocyte count
13. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
albumin levels
antioxidant - immune function
essential amino acids
low albumin levels < 3.4
14. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
4 calories/gram
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
liver and intestinal synthesis
15. How many calories/gram is protein?
milk - enriched grains
low albumin levels < 3.4
4 calories/gram
6 oz. a day
16. What is normal albumin levels?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
B and C
low albumin levels < 3.4
17. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
protein
18. What is normal BMI?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
hemoglobin
3 cups
18-25
19. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
liver and intestinal synthesis
4 calories/gram
3 cups
20. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
day week or month
essential amino acids
liver and intestinal synthesis
prealbumin levels
21. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vitamin K
day week or month
albumin levels
22. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
review of systems
prealbumin levels
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
atrophy or wasting of muscle
23. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
fat soluble vitamins
antioxidant - immune function
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
24. What is the function of vitamin E?
essential amino acids
review of systems
protein
antioxidant - immune function
25. Where can you get more vitamin D?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
dairy and fortified foods
transferrin
26. Fats can lead to some medical problems
antioxidant - immune function
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
prealbumin levels
one week period
27. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
fats
decrease in total lymphocyte count
protein
cream cheese - cream or butter
28. What function is vitamin D?
protein and fat
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
albumin levels
29. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
can consume more calories without weight gain
cream cheese - cream or butter
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
hemoglobin
30. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
3 cups
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
31. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
transferrin
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
atrophy or wasting of muscle
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
32. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
apple is higher risk than a pear
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vitamin K
33. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
apple is higher risk than a pear
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
34. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
4 calories/gram
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
35. What are healthy sources of fats?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
diet recall
36. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
trans fatty acid
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
apple is higher risk than a pear
review of systems
37. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
day week or month
liver and intestinal synthesis
hemoglobin
38. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
2.5 cups
TPN total parenteral nutrition
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vitamin C - citrus fruits
39. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
500 cal/day
40. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
fats
TPN total parenteral nutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
41. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4 calories/gram
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
essential amino acids
42. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
starches - sugars - and cellulose
antioxidant - immune function
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
43. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
diet recall
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
one tspn salt or less
6 oz. a day
44. Name six sources of grains
diet recall
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fats
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
45. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
protein and fat
review of systems
rickets - osteomalacia
5.5 ounces/day
46. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vitamin C - citrus fruits
47. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
starches - sugars - and cellulose
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
decrease in total lymphocyte count
48. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
can consume more calories without weight gain
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
TPN total parenteral nutrition
49. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
500 cal/day
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
50. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
albumin levels
fat soluble vitamins
5.5 ounces/day
TPN total parenteral nutrition